Weather Records on 3 May 1990

1,715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 May 1990. Highest significance: Rocky Ford 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 3 May 1990

On 3 May 1990, 1,715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
870 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,605 daily.
Rocky Ford 2 SE set a monthly record daily snowfall of 32.3 cm (12.7 in) on 3 May 1990.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,715 stations

1,715 station records on 3 May 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 May 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gorodovikovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dois Rios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Entre Rios de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medeiros Neto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Fidelis (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cernyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farris 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Piranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Checotah	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guanhaes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,715 records

Records set or tied on 3 May 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 435, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 435, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 568, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 3 May 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	435
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	435
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	568
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 3 May 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 106, daily 1,605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,520 broken records

Margins by which the 1,520 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 May 1990

Top 20 records on 3 May 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 May 1990	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	91 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 May 1990	Hanna, US	all-time rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1990	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1990	Westcliffe, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1990	Volshskiy Gmo, RU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1990	Blue Mtn Dam, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 May 1990	Gorodovikovsk, RU	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Mena, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Dois Rios, BR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Ozark, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Waurika, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Fowler 1 SE, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Boswell 1 S, US	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Cimljansk, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Entre Rios de Minas, BR	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 May 1990	Napa State Hospital, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1990. 1990 had 1,715 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1799	1
1820	1
1832	1
1836	2
1837	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1851	2
1852	1
1855	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	4
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	1
1889	3
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	7
1905	23
1906	10
1907	25
1908	8
1909	22
1910	17
1911	31
1912	17
1913	125
1914	10
1915	28
1916	52
1917	36
1918	28
1919	77
1920	37
1921	42
1922	292
1923	69
1924	55
1925	126
1926	250
1927	78
1928	255
1929	329
1930	279
1931	141
1932	136
1933	376
1934	353
1935	644
1936	356
1937	240
1938	527
1939	331
1940	550
1941	456
1942	1,161
1943	417
1944	728
1945	486
1946	353
1947	879
1948	919
1949	761
1950	854
1951	336
1952	447
1953	373
1954	1,210
1955	811
1956	590
1957	292
1958	485
1959	817
1960	280
1961	389
1962	243
1963	360
1964	908
1965	372
1966	850
1967	1,122
1968	324
1969	404
1970	464
1971	600
1972	380
1973	486
1974	323
1975	475
1976	760
1977	426
1978	1,046
1979	1,217
1980	573
1981	898
1982	564
1983	1,768
1984	807
1985	1,152
1986	965
1987	1,122
1988	782
1989	563
1990	1,715
1991	987
1992	792
1993	824
1994	703
1995	1,050
1996	1,058
1997	933
1998	910
1999	872
2000	1,056
2001	1,541
2002	1,312
2003	934
2004	1,562
2005	1,570
2006	633
2007	693
2008	981
2009	650
2010	1,565
2011	970
2012	1,318
2013	1,562
2014	553
2015	466
2016	505
2017	458
2018	1,004
2019	562
2020	506
2021	491
2022	570
2023	846
2024	627
2025	475
2026	879

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Data for records on 1990-05-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,451
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1